To be devoted means to look for devotional openings constantly

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to be devoted means to see devotional openings everywhere a person who is eagerly looking for a job is constantly on the lookout for job openings person looks at the employment opportunities in newspapers, in classified ads on websites in conversations with other people while looking at notices while walking on the streets everywhere and just as that person looks for openings everywhere similarly a devotee is looking for openings constantly for remembering Krishna, for serving Krishna for getting a deeper understanding of Krishna’s glories, of Krishna’s message, of Krishna’s mission and thus a devotee is always looking for devotional openings the word opening is pregnant with significance especially when we consider it in the context of its opposite that is closing we see that devotees are often caught in crazy things just like materialistic people are caught in crazy things materialistic people may be crazy for cricket, for tennis, for rugby for basketball for ice hockey depending on which country which locality the people are from and the devotees are crazy for Krishna they are looking for opportunities to serve Krishna everywhere and hence the primary thing they focus on is the best way to move towards Krishna now if we are in a closed room from which we wish to get out then we will look constantly where is the door where is the window where is the opening by which I can come out of here so if we could somehow get a door a window to open then we can come out and we can move on similarly if we can just recognize this one point that actually we are all meant to move on in our life and sometimes the world seems to be closing in around us it seems like we are in a enclosure with all the walls sinking in around us and we may feel powerless but actually when life seems to be battering us one way after another way after another way we can recognize that we do have an opportunity and not just an opportunity but the privilege to move on to seek to come closer to Krishna through our devotional resourcefulness then we can be constantly on the lookout for devotional openings the Bhagavad Gita says in 6.30 योमां पश्चति सर्वत्र सर्वं चमई पश्चति तस्यावहं नप्रणश्यावमि सचमे नप्रणश्यति it says that those who see me everywhere and see everything in me they are never lost to me nor am I ever lost to them this verse essentially means that actually we all are moving towards Krishna or at least are aiming to move towards Krishna and in such a situation how do we deal with the circumstances that seem to block us and seem to prevent us from moving towards Krishna actually movement towards Krishna is not just physical in terms of say doing more services or having more opportunities to remember Krishna it is also inner when we strive to connect with Krishna at a deeper level through our inner remembrance when we recognize that he is the best that we can have in our life everything that attracts us in our life it all comes from Krishna and it all its attractiveness comes from Krishna and it all culminates in him so rather than letting ourselves get distracted by other activities by other things we focus on Krishna so and even when there are no attractive objects to be attracted to externally that’s what it means that darkness seems to be closing around us we can look for the light within us the light of Krishna’s all attractiveness and through that light of Krishna’s all attractiveness we can move closer to Krishna and ultimately we will find that at least that internal spiritual opening the internal remembrance of Krishna in that there is never any closing unless we turn away and don’t see the light don’t see the door open over there and actually once we see the inner light of Krishna’s presence, of Krishna’s benevolence of Krishna’s guidance then we also find an outer light then we also find a means by which we can make sense of whatever is happening and more importantly even if we can’t make sense we can make some progress we can take some steps forward towards tangibly resolving the predicament which we find ourselves in thus by looking for devotional openings internally in terms of ways to remember Krishna we can find devotional openings externally by locating ways to serve Him and thus to be devoted means to be looking for devotional openings constantly